I-LABS Postdocs, Visiting Scientists, Students
The Institute draws top recent Ph.D.s and promising graduate students from around the world. These next generation scientists help make the Institute the nexus for research on the science of early learning.
Postdoctoral Scholars
Zoe Cheng, Ph.D.
Zoe Cheng is a postdoctoral fellow working with Dr. Christina Zhao. Zoe recently received her Ph.D from UC San Diego Cognitive Science department. Her research focuses on temporal prediction in naturalistic stimuli such as music and speech. Her ultimate research...
Margaret Whedon, Ph.D.
Dr. Margaret Whedon is a postdoctoral fellow in I-LABS working with Dr. Patricia Kuhl. She has a PhD in Human Development and Family Studies and a training background in psychophysiology techniques (EEG, ECG). Her research interests pertain to the development of...
Visiting Scientists
Áine Ní Choisdealbha
Dr. Ní Choisdealbha is a visiting scientist working with Dr. Andrew Meltzoff. Her background is in infant EEG and eye-tracking. Her work focuses on the how infants gain motor skills, and how these new skills affect action perception, spatial cognition, and the development...
Graduate Students
Iman Fahmy
Iman Fahmy is a physics Ph.D. student working with Dr. Samu Taulu. Iman received a B.A. in Physics with a minor in Russian Literature from the University of California, Berkeley. As an undergraduate, she conducted research...
Xan McPherson
Alexandria (Xan) McPherson is an applied physics PhD student working with Dr. Samu Taulu on the physics of magnetoencephalography (MEG). Xan is from Colorado and received her BS in Engineering Physics with...
Malayka Mottarella
Malayka Mottarella graduated from Willamette University in 2017 with a B.A. in Psychology and a minor in Anthropology. During her time as an undergraduate, Malayka acted as a research assistant and lab manager for...
Erica Peterson
Erica is a PhD student under the supervision of Dr. Patricia K. Kuhl. After graduating from Seattle Pacific University in 2006 with a major in English, Erica developed a passion for understanding the brain during the...
Kaveri Sheth
Kaveri is a 5th-year Ph.D. student in Linguistics under the guidance of Dr. Naja Ferjan Ramírez. Prior to coming to UW for her Ph.D., she earned her BA in Psychology, Linguistics and Spanish at Emory University. Her research interests are second language acquisition, bilingualism, and....